ܢܘܚܡܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܡ (n-ḥ-m), related to resuscitating; compare Hebrew נֹחַם (nṓḥam).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [nuħˈħɑ.mɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nuħˈħɑ.me] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܢܘܚܡܐ (nūḥḥāmām (plural ܢܘܚܡܐ)

  1. wakening, arousing
  2. resuscitation
  3. recovery, revival, resurrection
  4. raising the dead, necromancy
  5. comfort, consolation

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • nwḥm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 201b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 331b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 898a